M1A.44Other secondary chronic gout, hand

M1A.44 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other secondary chronic gout, hand. It belongs to category M1A (chronic gout), block M05-M14 (inflammatory polyarthropathies) and chapter 13 (diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within M1A.4 (other secondary chronic gout), M1A.44 is specifically for other secondary chronic gout, hand. Related codes cover unspecified site (M1A.40), shoulder (M1A.41), elbow (M1A.42), wrist (M1A.43), hip (M1A.45), knee (M1A.46), ankle and foot (M1A.47), vertebrae (M1A.48) and 1 more.

Codes in this range require a 7th character: 0 for without tophus (tophi) and 1 for with tophus (tophi). Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

Use an additional code to identify: Autonomic neuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere (G99.0), Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhere (N22), Cardiomyopathy in diseases classified elsewhere (I43), Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere (H61.1-, H62.8-), Disorders of iris and ciliary body in diseases classified elsewhere (H22) and 1 more.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.